Nothing Is Forever

Nothing Is Forever

It is difficult to describe this song. In a way it is a call to arms, in a way it is an ‘I told you so’, in a way it is slightly gleefully vengeful. It’s a song I wrote post #metoo in a moment of celebration at the momentum and power of the movement. It was such a galvanising time for women, and it felt like a genuine social revolution. Obviously, there was heartbreak amongst it all and there is still so much work to be done, but I think overwhelmingly it will go down in history as an important turning point. The music in this song carries a lot of the feeling for me. The tumbling drums, the trumpets and the lush open chords that move and swell. It takes off like a train, with more and more instruments jumping on along the way. There is some satisfying spite in the lyrics, and I have used patronising language that has historically been directed repeatedly at women – lines like “let me explain” and “calm right down”. Here those words are turned back on misogynists. In the chorus, the lyrics “you wouldn’t know it” refer to unveiling arguably the most damaging type of sexist, the one who poses as a good guy. The wolf in sheep’s clothing. Nothing is forever, not even the patriarchy. I wanted this song to feel triumphant and exhilarating.

Nothing Is Forever

Georgia Mooney · 1690473600000

It is difficult to describe this song. In a way it is a call to arms, in a way it is an ‘I told you so’, in a way it is slightly gleefully vengeful. It’s a song I wrote post #metoo in a moment of celebration at the momentum and power of the movement. It was such a galvanising time for women, and it felt like a genuine social revolution. Obviously, there was heartbreak amongst it all and there is still so much work to be done, but I think overwhelmingly it will go down in history as an important turning point. The music in this song carries a lot of the feeling for me. The tumbling drums, the trumpets and the lush open chords that move and swell. It takes off like a train, with more and more instruments jumping on along the way. There is some satisfying spite in the lyrics, and I have used patronising language that has historically been directed repeatedly at women – lines like “let me explain” and “calm right down”. Here those words are turned back on misogynists. In the chorus, the lyrics “you wouldn’t know it” refer to unveiling arguably the most damaging type of sexist, the one who poses as a good guy. The wolf in sheep’s clothing. Nothing is forever, not even the patriarchy. I wanted this song to feel triumphant and exhilarating.

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